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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421C · Parkersburg, WV · November 24, 1990

Date
November 24, 1990 · 15:25 local
Place
Parkersburg, WV
Airport
Wood County Airport Gill Robb
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BBJA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N700WE
Reported as
Cessna 421C
Reported engine
Continental GTSIO520*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total130 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Right engine malfunctioned. Shut down and diverted for landing. Found a broken cylinder rod. Penetrated crankcase.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT ENGINE MALFUNCTIONED. SHUT DOWN AND DIVERTED FOR LANDING. FOUND A BROKEN CYLINDER ROD. PENETRATED CRANKCASE.